page_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090
caption_attribution_description: English: Kofi Annan at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2007, June 13-15, Cape Town
context_page_description: United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001.
  Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, due to lack of reform.
  It was the first time that a Security Council resolution had been adopted by acclamation.
context_section_description: United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001.
  Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, due to lack of reform.
  It was the first time that a Security Council resolution had been adopted by acclamation.
caption: Kofi Annan
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